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Not your ordinary jalapeno popper - stuffed with a delicious mixture of sausage, sautéed onions, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese - wrapped with bacon and a sprinkle of brown sugar sweetness

Ultimate Jalapeno Poppers

Ingredients

• ½ lb pork sausage
• ¼ cup onion
• 12 oz cream cheese
• 6 oz shredded cheddar cheese
• 12 jalapeno peppers
• 16 oz thin sliced bacon

Preparation

1. Cook sausage and diced onions over medium heat and crumble sausage as it cooks
2. Mix cream cheese, sausage, onions, shredded cheese until mixed completely, chill for 30 minutes
3. While the sausage / cheese mixture is chilling, prepare jalapeno peppers for stuffing. Remove stem end, slice in half long ways, and remove seeds
4. Fill each jalapeno half with the sausage / cheese mixture
5. Wrap each stuffed jalapeno pepper with half slice of bacon
6. Place peppers on a wire rack sitting on a cookie sheet pan (this allows the bacon grease to drain while cooking, lining the cookie sheet with aluminum foil to make for easier clean-up)
7. Refrigerate the bacon wrapped stuffed jalapeno peppers for 30 minutes to an hour to allow the stuffing to firm up. Makes for better cooking results.
8. When ready to cook, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
9. Sprinkle a little brown sugar on each bacon wrapped stuffed pepper (sugar can be omitted but does give it the perfect taste)
10. Bake for about 45 minutes or until bacon is crispy. Broiler can be used towards the end of cooking to finish
11. Let the peppers rest for 10 minutes before serving

Recipe Tags

• Party
• American
• Appetizer